noLatin scriptHow to translate WordPress to Norwegian
Norwegian (Norsk) reaches roughly ~5 millionspeakers. Here's what's actually involved in translating a WordPress site into it — the technical setup, the Norwegian-specific gotchas, and the SEO.
What's specific to Norwegian
Most of translating WordPress is the same in any language, but each language has quirks that break layouts or SEO if you ignore them. For Norwegian:
- Norwegian has two written standards — Bokmål (nb, the common default) and Nynorsk (nn). Pick one; most sites use nb.
- Uses æ, ø, å like Danish.
- Formality: du (informal) is standard.
Step by step
1. Add Norwegian as a target language
Set your source language, then add Norwegian (no) as a target. With an automatic plugin you don't create a translated copy of every page by hand — it translates on the fly.
2. Translate — automatically or by hand
Machine and AI translation get you Norwegian coverage in minutes; review the strings that matter (navigation, calls to action, legal) for the right register. Estimate the cost with the translation cost calculator.
3. Serve it under a clean URL
Publish Norwegian under a language-prefixed path like /no/. Give pages readable slugs with the slug generator.
4. Get the Norwegian SEO right
Add reciprocal hreflang pointing at your no version (with x-default), set <html lang="no">, and translate titles and meta descriptions. Build the tags with the hreflang generator and verify with the hreflang checker.
Doing it the easy way
Gloty translates your whole site into Norwegian automatically — with no API key to set up — stores it in your own database, and emits the correct hreflang and lang/dir attributes for you. See how it stacks up against Weglot and WPML, or read the pillar guide on making WordPress multilingual.
Norwegian translation FAQ
- What is the hreflang code for Norwegian?
- The hreflang / BCP-47 code for Norwegian is "no". Use it in hreflang tags and the <html lang> attribute.
- Does translating to Norwegian change my layout?
- Norwegian text is +about the same as English. Leave room in buttons and menus so translated text doesn't clip.
- How many people speak Norwegian?
- Norwegian (Norsk) has ~5 million speakers and is written in the Latin script, left to right.
Add Norwegian to your WordPress site in minutes — automatic AI translation, stored in your own database.